Unethical and Unauthorized Medical Practice- An Alarming Situation

Fertility Massage: an Unethical Practice?

Unauthorized Practice of Law: Arizona

IT is GENERALLY recognized that the judiciary has the power to regulate the practice of law.1 The Arizona Supreme Court, in the recent case of State Bar of Arizona v. Arizona Land Title and Trust Co.,, exercised this broad judicial power by condemning as the unauthorized practice of law a wide variety of activities commonly engaged in by 'title companies and real estate brokers in that state. T...

Exposing Medical Pseudo-Science May Be Unethical

An argument is presented according to which exposing pseudo-scientific medical claims may be ethically wrong. It is then suggested that this argument gives an interesting explanation why the successful outing of pseudo-science may lead to an increase in medical pseudo-science overall.

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Unethical Behaviour Witnessed by Medical Students During Their Medical Studies

Background: We sought to determine students' perception of ethical behaviour of their peers and instructors during their course of studies, both in the preclinical and clinical years. To this end, we administered a questionnaire to senior medical students in order to assess whether they witnessed unethical behaviour during their four-year course of studies. Methods: A two-part questionnaire was...